Over 150 Dead in Iraq in One of Deadliest Weekends Since U.S. Invasion

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This weekend marked one of the deadliest in Iraq since the U.S. invasion began more than two years ago. In three days of suicide attacks, more than 150 people have been killed with nearly 300 wounded. We go to Baghdad to speak with Patrick Cockburn of the London Independent.
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Iraq is reeling from one of the bloodiest weekends since the US occupation began over two years ago.
Three suicide bombers hit Baghdad on Sunday following a deadly fuel truck bomb a day earlier that killed as many as 100 people.

At around 8:30pm on Saturday evening, a man detonated an explosive belt in a crowded marketplace in the highway town of Musayyib - 35 miles south of Baghdad. The explosion erupted just as a tanker containing cooking gas was passing by. The blast triggered an inferno that destroyed dozens of buildings, including a nearby Shiite mosque where worshipers were emerging from evening prayers. The death toll now stands at 100. Over 75 people were wounded in what is being called the second deadliest bombing since the war began in 2003.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/18/136254

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. Nothing like inspiring a nice civil war to "spread democracy".

I've lost my place. What is the latest reason for "liberating" Iraq?